South_West_England_(European_Parliament_constituency)

South West England (European Parliament constituency)

South West England (European Parliament constituency)

Constituency of the European Parliament


South West was a combined constituency region of the European Parliament, comprising the South West of England and Gibraltar. Seven, later six, Members of the European Parliament using closed party-list proportional representation allocated using the D'Hondt method of distribution were elected. The constituency was abolished when Britain left the European Union on 31 January 2020.

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Boundaries

The constituency consisted of the South West England region of the United Kingdom, comprising the ceremonial counties of Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. It also included the British overseas territory of Gibraltar from 2004.

History

The constituency was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. These were Bristol, Cornwall and West Plymouth, Devon and East Plymouth, Dorset and East Devon, Somerset and North Devon, Wiltshire North and Bath, and parts of Cotswolds.

Before the 2004 election, it was expanded to include Gibraltar. This was the result of a 1999 European Court of Human Rights case, which argued that Gibraltar should be entitled to vote in European elections. Spain took a complaint about non-EU Commonwealth citizens resident in Gibraltar participating in European elections to the European Court of Justice, but their case was unsuccessful.[2]

The number of seats was reduced from seven to six for the 2009 election.[3]

Returned members

Election results

2019 results
2014 results
2009 results

See also: 2004 European Parliament election in Gibraltar and 2009 European Parliament election in Gibraltar

Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the order in which candidates were elected and number of votes per seat won in their respective columns.

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Campaign for a dedicated Euro-constituency and MEP for Cornwall

The Cornish nationalist party Mebyon Kernow campaigned for a separate European Parliament constituency for Cornwall.[17] Until 1994 Cornwall was represented by the much smaller Cornwall and Plymouth constituency.

See also


References

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  2. "Case C-145/04 – Kingdom of Spain v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". EUR-Lex. 12 September 2006. Archived from the original on 19 July 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  3. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "European Parliament Elections 2009" (PDF). LGC Elections Centre. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  4. Resigned in 2002.
  5. Appointed in 2002 to replace Michael Holmes, retired on 1 October 2008.
  6. Appointed in 2008 to replace Graham Booth.
  7. Farrant, Graham (23 May 2019). "Statement of parties and individual candidates nominated" (PDF). Exeter City Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  8. Morris, Paul (22 April 2014). "Statement of Persons Nominated". Poole Borough Council. Archived from the original on 3 May 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  9. "2004 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. Archived from the original on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
  10. "Green Party – Whose freedom?". Green Party. 14 January 2002. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  11. "Our European Election List for the South West Euro-Constituency". British National Party. 3 June 2004. Archived from the original on 3 June 2004. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  12. "Euros 99 – South West". BBC News. Archived from the original on 16 November 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  13. "Programmes – Under the skin of the BNP - Bruce Cowd". BBC News. Archived from the original on 4 July 2004. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  14. "Programmes – Under the skin of the BNP - Terry Cavill". BBC News. Archived from the original on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  15. "Kernow and the European Union". Mebyon Kernow. Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.

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